⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eleven
- A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 1:24 · DAL 69-57 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q3 1:56 · DAL 106-80 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 2:14 · DAL 130-102 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marquese Chriss and Isaiah Jackson
Q4 0:51 · DAL 130-103 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 6:28 · DAL 116-100 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 1 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
